Full Text of SB0818 96th General Assembly
SB0818 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB0818
Introduced 2/6/2009, by Sen. John J. Cullerton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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330 ILCS 105/1 |
from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26 |
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Amends the Children of Deceased Veterans Act. Makes a technical change in a Section
concerning education opportunities.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning veterans.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Children of Deceased Veterans Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Section 1 as follows:
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| (330 ILCS 105/1) (from Ch. 126 1/2, par. 26)
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| Sec. 1. The
The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs
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| shall provide, insofar as moneys are appropriated for those | 9 |
| purposes, for
matriculation and tuition fees, board, room rent, | 10 |
| books and supplies for
the use and benefit of children, not | 11 |
| under 10 and not over 18 years of age,
except extension of time | 12 |
| may be granted for a child to complete high school
but in no | 13 |
| event beyond the 19th birthday who have for 12 months | 14 |
| immediately
preceding their application for these benefits had | 15 |
| their domicile in the
State of Illinois, of World War I
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| veterans who were killed in action
or who died between April 6, | 17 |
| 1917, and July 2, 1921, and of World War II
veterans who were | 18 |
| killed in action or died after December 6, 1941, and on
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| before December 31, 1946, and of Korean conflict veterans who | 20 |
| were killed
in action or died between June 27, 1950 and January | 21 |
| 31, 1955, and of Vietnam
conflict veterans who were killed in | 22 |
| action or died between January 1, 1961
and May 7, 1975, as a | 23 |
| result of service in the Armed Forces of the United
States or |
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| from other causes of World War I, World
War II, the Korean | 2 |
| conflict or the Vietnam conflict,
who died, whether before or | 3 |
| after the cessation of hostilities, from service-connected
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| disability, and of any veterans who died during the induction | 5 |
| periods specified
below or died of a service-connected | 6 |
| disability incurred during such induction
periods, such | 7 |
| periods to be those beginning September 16, 1940, and ending
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| December 6, 1941, and beginning January 1, 1947 and ending June | 9 |
| 26, 1950
and the period beginning February 1, 1955, and ending | 10 |
| on the day before
the first day thereafter on which individuals | 11 |
| (other than individuals liable
for induction by reason of prior | 12 |
| deferment) are no longer liable for induction
for training and | 13 |
| service into the Armed Forces under the Universal Military
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| Training and Service Act, and beginning January 1, 1961 and | 15 |
| ending May
7, 1975 and of any veterans who are totally and | 16 |
| permanently
disabled as a result of a service-connected | 17 |
| disability (or who died
while a disability so evaluated was in | 18 |
| existence); which children are attending
or may attend a state | 19 |
| or private educational institution of elementary or high school
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| grade or a business college, vocational training
school, or | 21 |
| other educational institution in this State where courses of
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| instruction are provided in subjects which would tend to enable | 23 |
| such
children to engage in any useful trade, occupation or | 24 |
| profession. As
used in this Act "service-connected" means, with | 25 |
| respect to disability
or death, that such disability was | 26 |
| incurred or aggravated, or that the
death resulted from a |
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| disability incurred or aggravated, in the
performance of active | 2 |
| duty or active duty for training in the military
services. Such | 3 |
| children shall
be admitted to state educational institutions | 4 |
| free of tuition. No more
than $250.00 may be paid under this | 5 |
| Act for any one child for any one
school year. | 6 |
| (Source: P.A. 94-106, eff. 7-1-05.)
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